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EDWARD T. A. AKASS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

EXTENSION GRILL FRET-WORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 536,593, dated April 2,1895, Application filed rebruaw 11,1895. seam... 537,921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. A. AKAss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension Grill andFret Work; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

The introduction of grill and fret work for house decoration has beenseriously handicapped by the necessity of making the designs to aspecial measurement in order to fit a particular space. This necessityhas precluded the possibility of cheapening the cost by making up thefurnishings in large quantities.

The object of the present invention is to provide an adjustableconstruction such as can be extended or contracted to fit openings ofdifferent size thereby enabling the manu-' facturer to produce the goodsin large quantities and at correspondingly reduced cost and enabling thelocal dealer to carry the designs in stock and fill orders more promptlyand at cheaper rates thanwould be possible under any system of specialorders.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accom-' panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view inperspective of a window having inside shutters and furnished withextension grill and fret work in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2represents a detail in longitudinal section and a view in transversesection respectively, of end frames shown in Fig. 1 and illustrates themethod of fastening the grill rods to the supporting bracket and ofslotting the bracket to allow the sliding adjustment of the end frame.Fig. 3 is a detail in elevation of a modified construction in which theadjustment is made at the ends of the design instead of its middleportion. The lower rail of the frame is sectioned to show theconstruction of the sliding rods. Fig. 4 is a detail in enlarged scaleshowing the manner of making the slide fast to the rail. Fig. 5 is adetail in perspective showing the two part construction of the railwhereby the opening for the slide rod is more conveniently produced bychanneling each section than could be done by boring.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In Fig. 1, A represents the window casing of usual construction and B arail or bar securely fastened to each of the side casings but preferablyin such manner that they can be removed when so desired.

0 are what I will designate as grill rods. They are in parallel seriesof two each and have their inner ends secured to the bar B.

D represents fret work of any desired design but having a solid frame orborder, especially on its upper and lower edges D.

These rails D will be provided with longi tudinal openingsinto which theouter ends of the grill rods 0 will be projected in the manner asclearly shown in the drawings and it is designed that the distance ofthe fret work D from the rail B may be regulated by sliding the partD inor outon the said grill rods. The set screws (1 enable the parts to belocked together at any desired adjustment.

E is a' bracket which is fastened to the rail B and to which the outerend of the lower grill rod is fastened in the manner shown in the twodetails in Fig. 2, wherein the band E is passed around the grill and anintegral threaded extension 6 is passed through the adjacent portion ofthe bracket and bolted. The grill will preferably have a depressedportion formed to receive the band. A longitudinal slot communicatingwith the grill opening in the rail allows the rail to slide freely pastthe fastening device, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

G are grills having perforated end blocks g whereby the grills arestrung upon the rods 0. The body portions of the grills may be of anysuitable design. It will be my purpose to make the fit between thegrills and their rods so close that the former will retain theirposition without fastening them to the rods but if it should be foundnecessary they may be secured in a positive manner by drivinga brad orpassing a screw through the block into the rod. The portion H,connecting the end sections D, will be in two parts which are adjustablyjoined together by means of the grill rods 0 and perforated rails Dwhich forma telescoping construction similar to that described for theends, and the rods are equipped with the adjustable grills G, similar inconstruction and application to the grills as previously described.

By the adjustable construction of the several parts as above described,it will be seen that not only can the ends be expanded or contracted tosuit the clearance required on account of inside blinds and the like,but the front pattern can be varied in length to suit windows ofdifferent widths.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 a continuous middle section offretwork is employed and adjustable grill rods 0 are applied at eachend. The end rail 13 is secured to the casing and has the outer ends ofthe grill rods permanently secured thereto while the inner ends of therods are projected into openings in the top and bottom rails D of thefret work. I

The opening in the fret work for the grill rods will preferably be madeby planing a half round groove in each of the parts of a two part railand joining the parts together to form the rail. This will be betterunderstood by reference to Fig. 5 which shows the grooved parts ready tobe put together. This drinciple of construction can be applied toadvantage in the manufacture of ornamental screens and many otherpurposes aside from those hereinbefore mentioned and it is not thereforedesired to limit the invention to the manufacture of inside fihish forhouses, but

What I do claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In decorative grill and fret work, the combination with a bodyportion in twoor more separable sections having longitudinal openingstherein, of rods arranged in parallel series and adapted to be projectedinto the openings in the body portion whereby the sections of the bodywill be adjustably joined together, means such as a set screw, forsecuring the rods to the body portion, and ornamental grillssubstantially as described, adj ustably secured to the rods whereby therods will be braced and strengthened and whereby the ornamentation willbe carried out in the spaces between the sections of the body portion.

2. An extension fretwork consisting of two or more separate sectionsjoined together by a plurality of parallel rods which slide intoopenings in said sections, said rods being braced and strengthenedbetween the sections by transverse adjustable and ornamental grills,substantially as described and specified.

3. In a Window decoration the combination with the window casing therails 13 brackets E and rods 0 of the ends D having openings to receivethe rods 0 and sliding thereon,the sections I-I secured to the ends Dand adjustably connected by the rods 0 and the ad justable grillsconnecting the front and the end rods substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD T. A. AKASS.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH A. MINTURN, G. L. SULLIVAN.

